When I was a kid, I was so constantly making a fool of myself at school. At night, one of the reasons why I didn't want to go to bed was that I had this vision of myself walking through the cafeteria and tripping and falling and everyone laughing, giving them another reason to laugh at me. When I tried to count sheep, I could not get a sheep over the fence. It would trip and fall. I found it funny even then, but now I just think that's hilarious. That hoof just catches on the fence and they trip.
~ Fiona Apple , Pitchfork interview outtakes - 2012
I reckon ol' Pitchfork's lost some. Lost his face, lost his brother, lost his mind, lost his temper... Lost his place 'n StarClan.
His loss ain't no excuse for what he did. Our good ol' clan takes his terrible story as a warnin'. Cause a' him and his deeds, YeeyeeClan places loyalty as the first law o'the land.
If y'all sit at th' border ta StarClan and them deep dark woods, ya might still hear him screechin'.
I am listening to this immaculate work of fucking art on vinyl right now and I cannot stop thinking about Brent here. truly one of the most insufferable pieces of critical review media i have ever read. Hilariously off-target, INSANELY edgelord like people were in 1999. Like if you want a screencap of how pissy and cranky music culture was in the 90s, read this. But don't, its miserable lol. But also kind of funny.
Imagine calling Trent Reznor's magnum opus a 2/10 album like, just the unmitigated gall
Pitchfork also reviewed it when he remastered in 2016:
oops lol looks like Sean was given the assignment to play nice. this shit is why I won't miss Pitchfork that much tbh
Pitchfork is being 'folded into GQ magazine' which is corporate speak for 'you are (almost) all fired'.
@jennpelly
I don't know what will happen to the Pitchfork website or Youtube channel , but now might be a good time to revisit some of the many great interviews they have done over the years.
pitchfork: The Car, the seventh studio album from Arctic Monkeys, is filled with detours, non sequiturs, and lost trains of thought, held together by Turner's undulating vocal lines and an orchestra always at the ready like a wind-up toy waiting to be stirred to life. Revisit our review of the 2022 album at the link in bio.